Reviews tagging 'Suicide attempt'

The Handmaid's Tale, by Margaret Atwood

51 reviews

galerieanna25's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Rape, Pregnancy, Violence, Sexual violence, Torture, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Misogyny, Suicide attempt, and Child death

jneverland's review against another edition

dark mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Religious bigotry, Sexism, Body horror, Blood, Emotional abuse, Pregnancy, Racial slurs, Rape, Abandonment, Ableism, Infertility, Violence, War, Abortion, Adult/minor relationship, Antisemitism, Body shaming, Bullying, Child death, Gaslighting, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Confinement, Deportation, Death, Racism, Domestic abuse, Murder, Miscarriage, Genocide, Hate crime, Sexual assault, Gore, Medical content, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Suicide attempt, Grief, Homophobia, Incest, Medical trauma, Misogyny, Trafficking, and Suicide

justme_0145's review against another edition

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy, Rape, Sexism, Infertility, Miscarriage, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, and Suicide

eatwritereadrepeat's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Sexual content, Injury/injury detail, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Mental illness, Rape, Suicide, Grief, Pregnancy, Hate crime, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, Religious bigotry, and Infertility

Minor: Abortion, Miscarriage, Mental illness, and Bullying

zams's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.75

It seemed to be a very slow read and super slow-paced in the beginning, but picked up the pace A LOT towards the end. A gruelling outlook on how life could be in society, and a brutal reality already for countless people on the planet.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Self harm, Infertility, Emotional abuse, Confinement, Suicide attempt, Suicide, Slavery, Misogyny, Mental illness, Sexual violence, Classism, Death, Child death, Ableism, War, Violence, Religious bigotry, Kidnapping, Police brutality, Suicidal thoughts, Pregnancy, Physical abuse, Sexism, Rape, Murder, and Miscarriage

Minor: Abortion, Alcohol, Death of parent, Infidelity, and Blood

carmentxx's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

this is a near perfect book for me. it’s just so, so sad. there’s too much to say, but it’s a must read for everyone. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy, Religious bigotry, Colonisation, Body shaming, Miscarriage, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Rape, Murder, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Death

sakisreads's review against another edition

challenging dark tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

✨ Reread ✨

Margaret Atwood is an amazing author, and although I have read this before I wanted to read it again to truly appreciate the horror! Gilead sounds fake and yet, could be and has been a reality (which makes it all the more frightening) 😳 Offred is a great author because she even highlights her own humanness and unreliability; I felt gripped by her throughout. I’m SO excited to read The Testaments next 👏🏼

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicide and Suicide attempt

ritte_e's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Police brutality, Pregnancy, Rape, Slavery, Suicide attempt, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Murder, Pedophilia, Sexual violence, Gaslighting, and Sexism

marionesq's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

Unreliable narrator.
Margaret Atwood succeeds in writing that leaves more to our imagination, but doesn't leave you short-changed. You can trust your brain to connect the pieces. She does it by writing not simply visually, but cinematically. And the way everything unfolds is just brilliant.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Religious bigotry, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Domestic abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Hate crime, Forced institutionalization, Misogyny, Murder, Physical abuse, Genocide, Pregnancy, Trafficking, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Violence

chaoticnostalgia's review against another edition

dark emotional tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Classism, Confinement, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Lesbophobia, Trafficking, Hate crime, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Homophobia, Infertility, Misogyny, Murder, Death, Kidnapping, Emotional abuse, Violence, Pregnancy, and Religious bigotry

Moderate: Ableism, Animal death, Gun violence, Police brutality, Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Miscarriage

Minor: Alcohol, Sexual content, Death of parent, Medical content, and Abortion